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BRITAIN FOR THE BRITON 



to rival and imperil our own, nevertheless contrive to send us 

 largely of their surplus agricultural produce. The United 

 States is our largest supplier of wheat and flour, France and 

 Germany send us large quantities of agricultural produce, while 

 Belgium, with her nourishing manufactures, sends us of the 

 surplus of her farm produce. We get £1,229,000 worth of eggs 

 and poultry annually from that country. Do we suppose that 

 she sends us her own farm produce, and then buys foreign eggs 

 for her own consumption ? Belgium is far more densely 

 populated than our own country, with 630 head of tlie population 

 to the square mile against our 360, or, in other words, about 

 twice as densely populated as the United Kingdom ; and yet, 

 in spite of this, she contrives to produce as much butter, 

 poultry, etc., as she requires for herself and something over for 

 export. 



Belgium is cited as a single instance of what the land is 

 capaljle of under a wise system of land tenures and the fostering 

 care of the State, but the same measure of success may be 

 claimed by every civilised State in Europe and the Western 

 world. 



Comparative Agricultural Results: Great Britain and 



OTHER Countries 



No good purpose will be served here by describing the 

 system on which lands are farmed in this country, as that is 

 too well known already. A very useful purpose will, however, 

 be achieved by pointing to some of the resulU of that system, 

 and di^awing a comparison between them and those of certain 

 other countries. 



Here are some statistics showing, for example, the relative 

 position of the United Kingdom and some competing countries 

 in respect to live stock. 



Live Stock in Uxmcu Kingdom and Three otiiee Countries* 



* Statistical Abstract for tlje United Kingdom, 1893-1907 (Parliamentary 

 Plufi Book), 



